From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 338 Feng Zhengming’s opportunity
Treating Boss Wang to a meal can be regarded as a small private gathering at Feng Zhengming's own home.

Although Feng Zhengming did show his versatile cooking skills to Boss Wang and his party.

But after all, the number of people who have seen it is limited.

Feng Zhengming did not become more famous because of this family dinner.

However, he himself didn't care about those false reputations. He still spent his daily life as usual, running the lunch stall at the train station at noon, going to the driving school to learn his driver's license in the afternoon, and leading everyone to work at the food stall in the evening.

The renovation of the dry rice shop is progressing steadily.

According to Feng Zhengming's request, Liu Yonggang and the others have basically begun to decorate the exterior of the shop.

In the driving school, Feng Zhengming still keeps a low profile, does not show off too much, and maintains an appropriate relationship with his classmates.

As for Tao Mengran, Feng Zhengming always kept his distance.

Even though Tao Mengran still met with Feng Zhengming every night to chat with the coach, there was no progress in the relationship between the two other than being classmates.

Tao Jingwen couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard the words of this colleague who had just been transferred back to Quancheng after the New Year.

Tao Jingwen came to his senses and said, "Oh, I agree. In fact, I also want to recommend him."

I think it would be better to use some young chefs, which just fits the background of this international youth exchange. "

Let Feng Zhengming expand the scope of the food stalls. As the weather gets warmer, more people will come to eat at the food stalls at night.

It is precisely because of Chen Zhiheng's hard work that he has achieved good results and received local recognition.

At the same time that the food stall business was booming, Tao Mengran, her father, and her fifth brother recommended it. Her second brother listened to his opinions. At an internal meeting to discuss reception work, the second brother of the Tao family asked whether some opportunities could be given to young chefs. ?
"At the end of last year, we held a province-wide cooking exchange competition for young chefs. In that competition, many young chefs stood out. This catering work is also a kind of exchange with foreign youths. We previously considered How to make dishes that suit their taste.

After listening to the speech of Tao Jingwen, the second brother of the Tao family, everyone who participated in the discussion felt that it made sense.

The other party has been away from home these years and has never returned to Quancheng. He should not know Feng Zhengming. Why would he suddenly recommend Feng Zhengming directly?

When they heard that Tao Jingwen wanted to recommend the top young chef in the province, everyone in the meeting laughed in relief.

The leader also smiled and asked: "It seems that everyone has eaten the meat and food stalls of our young chef No. 1?"

"Comrade Tao Jingwen, you proposed to use young chefs to take charge of the reception and catering work. Do you have any opinions on the province's number one young chef recommended by Comrade Chen Zhiheng as the chef?"

Even after he went to the local area, he never went home to visit his family in the past few years. Even during the Chinese New Year, he celebrated the New Year in the local area.

This question made everyone almost laugh out loud.

In order to entertain Boss Wang and his party, his third uncle Feng Jiandong bought a new shed and left it to Feng Zhengming.

Knowing Chen Zhiheng's situation made Tao Jingwen even more strange.

After some discussion, another person at the meeting spoke up to support Tao Jingwen's suggestion.

Before he was transferred back, many people in the local area were reluctant to let him go.

When Tao Jingwen was surprised, the leaders attending the meeting spoke.

"It is a good idea to use young chefs to be responsible for this catering. This is also an opportunity for us to show our Shandong cuisine to the youth of the world. Why not let the top young chef in the province last year be the chef of this catering? ."

Chen Zhiheng's local achievements are also very good.

Why did the other party recommend the person he wanted to recommend first?
Tao Jingwen was not very familiar with the other person. This colleague named "Chen Zhiheng" was transferred back to the province after the Chinese New Year.

Tao Jingwen said directly: "I have eaten there several times, and my family members have also eaten there. They all said that the young chef No. 1 is very good at his craftsmanship."

After listening to Tao Jingwen's words, the leader looked at Chen Zhiheng and asked, "Have you eaten there too?"

Chen Zhiheng smiled and shook his head: "I just returned to Quancheng and haven't had time to taste it yet."

This made everyone wonder, Chen Zhiheng hadn't eaten there before? Why would you recommend Feng Zhengming?
Chen Zhiheng continued: "But I heard that the young Master Xiao Feng has a very good character. Last year, my father took his children to visit me, and his bag was stolen on the way. At that time, he was selling boxed lunches at the train station. Not only did he give it to me for free, My father and the children had a meal, and my father was given travel expenses.”

Chen Zhiheng was very candid and told his father's experience in public.

"Although I haven't met him yet, from my father's description, I think he is a young man with very good character. If such a young man is given the catering work of the reception, I think he will also be able to do it." Complete it carefully.”

After listening to Chen Zhiheng's narration, everyone present at the meeting suddenly had a new understanding of Feng Zhengming.

Tao Jingwen was also a little surprised. He didn't expect that Feng Zhengming had such a side.

Finally, after some discussion, it was decided to invite Feng Zhengming. Of course, he also needed to be inspected and his consent was required.

The task of inviting Feng Zhengming was left to Tao Jingwen and Chen Zhiheng.

"You are responsible for contacting Feng Zhengming. You must explain the situation clearly to him, seek his personal opinions, and conduct another inspection of his craftsmanship. Although the people here this time are all young people from abroad, we also need to It must be taken seriously, and catering reception work cannot be taken carelessly.”

Tao Jingwen and Chen Zhiheng looked at each other, and then agreed together.

After the meeting, Tao Jingwen and Chen Zhiheng communicated alone again.

Chen Zhiheng has a straight temper, so he gets straight to the point.

"Should we go find him tonight? I recognize his character, but I haven't seen him in person or eaten his food. Maybe I need to trouble you, Teacher Tao, for the key decision."

Tao Jingwen smiled and waved his hand: "You don't need to call me teacher, we are all comrades. I do know something about Feng Zhengming's craftsmanship. My younger brothers and sisters have participated before. He gave a reception banquet to a boss from the south who came to invest in our spring city. At his food stall, he cooked very good food at that time.”

After hearing this, Chen Zhiheng thought for a moment and asked, "Is that Boss Wang from Guangdong Province?"

When Tao Jingwen saw that Chen Zhiheng actually knew Boss Wang, he was immediately impressed by Chen Zhiheng.

Chen Zhiheng was transferred back after the year, and he is still getting familiar with many tasks.

But under such circumstances, he was still able to understand something that happened in Quancheng.

Tao Jingwen couldn't help but feel that he might have underestimated Chen Zhiheng before.

After thinking for a moment, Tao Jingwen said, "Let's do this. Let's go to the food stall to look for him after get off work in the evening."

Chen Zhiheng first nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Should we go there after dinner? Wouldn't it be bad if we eat at his food stall?" Tao Jingwen agreed: "Okay, let's go there after dinner. "

What Tao Jingwen and Chen Zhiheng didn't expect was that they chose to go to the food stall to look for Feng Zhengming after dinner in the evening, but they didn't find Feng Zhengming at the food stall.

Because Feng Zhengming invited Coach Fang from the driving school to dinner again in the evening, and after dinner he went to practice driving with Coach Fang.

After hearing what Yang Bin said about the situation, the two of them couldn't help but look at each other and laugh helplessly.

Chen Zhiheng thought for a while and said, "How about this? I'll go to the restaurant to find him tomorrow morning."

Tao Jingwen said: "How about the two of us go together?"

Chen Zhiheng said: "It's okay. I can do it by myself. You have other jobs. I've just been transferred back. I don't have much work in the morning, so I'll do it alone."

Tao Jingwen thought for a while and felt that this was indeed okay. After all, the main thing was to get in touch with Feng Zhengming first.

Then the two of them left the food stall together.

Tao Jingwen thought for a while and returned to his parents' house.

Parents were naturally very happy to see Tao Jingwen come home.

In the Tao family, Tao Jingwen is the pride of the whole family. He is the kind of person who has been outstanding in all aspects since he was a child. Now that he can enter the province, he is even more proud of his parents.

Tao Jingwen returned home and found that his sister was not at home. He couldn't help but feel a little strange?
"My little sister is not at home? Where did she go so late?"

Tao's mother immediately complained to her second son: "Didn't your sister go to a driving school to learn to drive? She is a classmate with Feng Zhengming. Now she and Feng Zhengming go to find a coach to drive Xiaozao every night, so she comes back late."

Tao Jingwen remembered that he didn't find Feng Zhengming when he went to the food stall, and heard Yang Bin say that he went to practice driving with the instructor from the driving school after dinner in the evening.

"So my little sister also went with him to practice driving privately with the instructor at the driving school?"

When Father Tao heard what his son said, he looked at his son and asked, "Did you go to Feng Zhengming's food stall tonight?"

Tao Jingwen discussed today's work discussion, where he and Chen Zhiheng recommended Feng Zhengming together, and told the two of them that they went to the food stall to find Feng Zhengming after dinner in the evening.

Mother Tao was a little surprised when she heard this: "Do you really think that Feng Zhengming is the master chef? He is just the number one young chef, and you guys go out to hire him?"

Upon hearing his mother's words, Tao Jingwen said, "No, Mom, when we go there in the evening, we have to talk to Feng Zhengming first to find out whether he is willing to be the chef responsible for catering."

Tao's mother said: "As a young chef who runs a food stall, he shouldn't be reluctant to have such a good opportunity to make a name for himself, right?"

When Tao's father heard this, he couldn't help but said: "What you said is wrong. I have my own things to do, my food stall business is also very good, and my pork belly is also very famous now. You can't be the one who told me to take care of the reception." People have to go to catering, so Jing Wen and the others are right to contact them in advance.”

Tao Jingwen asked his father: "Dad, you, my little sister, and Lao Wu all highly recommend him. Apart from Lao Wu and my little sister's parents, have you tried his craftsmanship?"

The parents naturally shook their heads and said that they had just eaten a handful of meat and it was indeed delicious.

As for the food cooked by Feng Zhengming, the old couple have not eaten it yet, but they only heard about it when Tao Mengran and Tao Jingwu came back.

Tao Jingwen thought about it and felt that his younger brothers and sisters said that he should be sure that Feng Zhengming's cooking skills were indeed very good.

At this moment, he was basically determined to invite Feng Zhengming.

At the same time, Chen Zhiheng returned home and told his father what had happened.

After listening to his son's narration, Chen Sifu said with a smile: "I can understand if you want to repay Xiao Feng's favor, but you have just been transferred back. You shouldn't rush to recommend him this time."

Chen Zhiheng responded: "We do not avoid relatives when promoting talents, not to mention that there is no relationship between our family and Feng Zhengming.

I think from what my dad described him, he is indeed a very good young man. It was Chief Tao who first suggested the use of young chefs, which is more in line with our youth exchange.

I think Feng Zhengming is the number one young chef in the province. Isn’t this very appropriate? I would recommend him first. "

Chen Sifu thought for a moment and said, "It seems like this is an opportunity for Xiao Feng."

Chen Zhiheng nodded: "Yes, from what Tao Jingwen said, Feng Zhengming's skills are indeed very good, and this is indeed a good opportunity for him."

Chen Sifu thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow morning, go to Feng's Restaurant to find Feng Zhengming. You two can meet him first. It's been a while since you were transferred back, so I haven't seen him yet."

Chen Zhiheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go see him first tomorrow."

After Feng Zhengming finished driving and returned to the food stall, he heard his third senior brother Yang Bin talk about someone coming to see him.

Feng Zhengming asked strangely: "Third brother, have you asked them what they want from me?"

Yang Bin shook his head and said, "I asked, but they didn't say anything. They just said they wanted to talk to you about something, and they said they would go to the shop to find you tomorrow morning."

Is Feng Zhengming even more confused? Who is looking for me?

Yang Bin suddenly said: "By the way, one of their surnames is Chen and the other is Tao. Are they related to Tao Mengran's nanny?"

When Feng Zhengming heard his third senior brother say this, he immediately remembered what his third uncle had told him about the Tao family.

Moreover, the third uncle also mentioned at the time that there would be an international youth exchange conference soon, and someone would need to be arranged to take charge of catering for young people from various countries. He might want to ask Feng Zhengming to take charge of it.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhengming had roughly guessed what was going on.

"I understand. I'm afraid Tao Mengran told her second brother in the province about me. Didn't my third uncle say before that an international youth exchange conference was going to be held in Quancheng? Maybe Tao Mengran's second brother is responsible for the reception. You want me to be in charge of the catering there.”

Yang Bin was a little excited after hearing this: "This is a good thing. Zhengming, this is your opportunity. Not only can you show your cooking skills in front of young people in the province and the country, but you can also show your cooking skills directly in front of young people in foreign countries. You You must work hard, you must go, this is really a great opportunity to make a name for yourself.”

When Feng Zhengming saw that the third senior brother was so excited, he calmly persuaded him: "I'm not sure yet that they are looking for me. Third brother, don't get excited."

Yang Bin said: "How can you not be excited? If you can be in charge of catering, you will definitely become famous immediately. You will not only be the number one young chef in this province, but you will soon become a true national benchmark for young chefs."

Feng Zhengming said: "Let's wait until they come back tomorrow morning to understand the matter clearly."

As a result, Yang Bin told Sun Hai, Xia Hui, Chen Anbang and Shen Rongsen about this matter.

Naturally, everyone is looking forward to it, and they even hope that Feng Zhengming can be selected as the chef.

(End of this chapter)